Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Letter from Diogenes to his friend)
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Letter from Diogenes to his friend)
Place of OriginEgypt
Datelate 2nd century CE
Dimensionsmaximum: 8 1/8 × 3 7/16 in. (20.6 × 8.7 cm)
MediumIndia ink on papyrus
ClassificationManuscripts
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1915.43
Not on View
DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek on both sides, contains a letter from Diogenes, a linen merchant, to his friend, Apolinarius.
Published ReferencesGrenfell, Bernard P. and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1908, vol. VI, pp. 299-200, no. 933.
"The Oxyrhynchus Papyri," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, no. 31, March 1918, p. 377.
Spaeth, Eloise, American Art Museums, New York, 1969, Rev. ed., p. 204.
Piccirilli, Luigi, "Temistocle Euergetes dei Corciresi," Annali Della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Series III, vol. 3, no. 2, 1973, pp. 317-355, repr. pl. 33.
late 3rd century CE
late 3rd century CE
2nd or 3rd century
2nd century
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